Apple should care because as of right now it costs about $45 for three months of 2000/month. That's an entire collection for some people, and the library is available in mp3 without DRM. If I'm Apple, I'm making sure someone isn't getting 6000 songs for the price of four and a half albums. eMusic is a serious threat to Apple's indie music business model.
Don't think for a second the first thing Steve Jobs says is, "Drop eMusic." At $15-20 for 2000 downloads of these exact same artists that will be represented in the future, this obviously undercuts Apple's product. So, if the labels decide to go with the Hyponotic One, eMusic will stop being a very attractive service for indie music lovers. Sign up now, while you can, because it won't be there for long.
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Apple should care because as of right now it costs about $45 for three months of 2000/month. That's an entire collection for some people, and the library is available in mp3 without DRM. If I'm Apple, I'm making sure someone isn't getting 6000 songs for the price of four and a half albums. eMusic is a serious threat to Apple's indie music business model.
Don't think for a second the first thing Steve Jobs says is, "Drop eMusic." At $15-20 for 2000 downloads of these exact same artists that will be represented in the future, this obviously undercuts Apple's product. So, if the labels decide to go with the Hyponotic One, eMusic will stop being a very attractive service for indie music lovers. Sign up now, while you can, because it won't be there for long.